{"product_id":"japanese-role-playing-games-genre-representation-and-liminality-in-the-jrpg-paperback","title":"Japanese Role-Playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the Jrpg - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFanny Barnabé\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eNökkvi Jarl Bjarnason\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJoleen Blom\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapanese Role-playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG examines the origins, boundaries, and transnational effects of the genre, addressing significant formal elements as well as narrative themes, character construction, and player involvement. Contributors from Japan, Europe, North America, and Australia employ a variety of theoretical approaches to analyze popular game series and individual titles, introducing an English-speaking audience to Japanese video game scholarship while also extending postcolonial and philosophical readings to the Japanese game text. In a three-pronged approach, the collection uses these analyses to look at genre, representation, and liminality, engaging with a multitude of concepts including stereotypes, intersectionality, and the political and social effects of JRPGs on players and industry conventions. Broadly, this collection considers JRPGs as networked systems, including evolved iterations of MMORPGs and card collecting \"social games\" for mobile devices. Scholars of media studies, game studies, Asian studies, and Japanese culture will find this book particularly useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachael Hutchinson is professor of Japanese studies at the University of Delaware. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJérémie Pelletier-Gagnon is postdoctoral researcher at Université du Québec à Montréal.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53531863515443,"sku":"9781793643568","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/japanese-role-playing-games-genre-representation-and-liminality-in-the-jrpg-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}